Corn-husker.



T. I. LUDWIG.

CORN HUSKER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8, 1909.

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' a citizen of the United States, residing at THOMASJI. LUDWIG, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

CORN-HUSKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 8, 1909. Serial No. 526,835.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS I. LUDWIG,

Jackson in the county of Jackson and State of Michlgan, have invented a new and useful Corn-Husker, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to corn huskers of that type such as disclosed, for example, in an application for U. S. Letters Patent filed by me on June 11, 1909, Serial No. 501,625.

In a device of this class in which the metal arts are formed of stiff wire, it has been ound that more or less play occurs between the hook member of the husker and the ad- 'oining supporting loop thereof, during the is to provide a huskerof this character in which the hooked element is fixed relative to the adjoining portion of the structure, this being efi'ected in a variety-of ways.

Another object is to render devices of this character more durable without adding to the cost thereof, and to remove all obj ectionable projections and the like that tendto 'biteinto or otherwise injure the flexible attachin devices.

Wit these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction End combinations of parts heremafter more -ully described and pointed out in the claims. i In the accom anying drawings the preferred forms oi the invention have been shown. 1

In said drawin s, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bus er constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspectwe view of the metal portion of a modifiedform of husker. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing another form of husker. F1g. 4 is a perspective view of the metal portlons of another form of corn husker. Fig.

5- is a view showing, in detail, another modi-' fication. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the :metal portion of a husker in which the hooked member is formed of a piece separate from the remaining 'portion of the husker.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates an elongated, sub- Patented Nov. 29, 1.9m

stantially elliptical eye formed preferably of 7 stifl" wire and one of the terminals of the wire is extended laterally from the eye to form a loop 2 terminating in an eye 3 which extends around the longest side of the loop and is thus held in fixed relation thereto, the other end portion of the wire being extended through the eye 3 as shown, at 4' and forming a stem which terminatesin a husking hook 5,.this hook bearing .iip'on the crown portion of the loop. The I eye 3 extends tightly around the long arm of the loop 2- and around the end portion 4 and serves to bind the parts tightly together so that there is no independent movement of the parts during the husking operation.

The means utilized for attaching the metal portion of the husker to the hand is similar to that which has been described in my application hereinbefore mentioned. The flexible wrist strap 6 is wrapped about the loop' 2 and close to the eye 1 this wrist strap being then threaded through-the eye and held thereto by means of thong 7 which is threaded through the strap and around the eye. as shown. The thong extends through the hooked ends 8 of a connecting wire 9 and thence through a slit 10 formed in the wrist strap after which the thong'is fastened to the eye and is secured to the wrist strap close to the buckle 11. The connectingwire 9 extends under the loop 2 and overt-he stem 4,

the same being held frictionally by the looped stem so as to maintain a substanhooks of the connecting wire, this last mentioned wire 12 being rovided with an eye. 13 through which the t ong 7 extends. This wire serves to hold the thong normally spread away from the metal portion of the husker so as to permit the thumb to be readily inserted between the thong and the loop 2.

Instead of wrapping the ends of the loo ed portion of the wire transversely of sai loop as shown in Fig. 1, said wire can be brought-up to'thee e 14 and wrapped therearound as indicate at 15 in Fig; 2 and,

if preferred, said end of the wire can be slit longitudinally, asshown at 16 in Fig. 3 and the two end portions thus produced can be wrapped about the eye 17 and the stem 18. In view of the fact that under some conditions these wrapped or looped portions of the wire will become objectionable because of their bulky nature, the end of the looped portion of the wire can be brought a amst the eye 19 and welded or soldered t ereto as shown at 20 in Fig. 5 or, if preferred, that end of the loop 21 adjoining the eye 22.can

be closed with solder as shown at 23, this solder also serving to attach the end of the loop portion of the wire to the eye. This arrangement has been shown in F 1g. 4:. In both of the constructions shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the hook is designed to be fastened to the crown portion of the loop either by welding or soldering it thereto.

In Fig. 6 a structure has been shown wherein the eye 24 is provided with parallel arms 25 terminating in eyes 26. The hook 27 is formed at one end of the stem 28 which extends between-the arms 25 and is, then wrapped about the arms of stem as shown at 29, these wrapped portions serving to bind the stem and arms'tightly together so as to positively prevent any independent movement thereof.

It will be noted that in all of the forms herein described it is impossible for the hook and loop or eye to have any independent movement. In every instance the ends of the wire are so disposed as to revent injury to the straps or other fastening devices used and where elongated loops are employed for supporting the hooks, the ends of the wires constituting the loops are positively secured against movement.

Various changes can ,of course be made in, the construction and arrangement of the various parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. A corn husker including a wire bent to form an eye and an outstanding portion, said outstanding portion having its terminal wrapped in engagement with an intermediate portion of the wire, and a stem integral with the eye and extending within and bearing upon the outstanding portion, said having an integral outstanding portion hav- I ing opposite sides thereof fixed relatively to the eye, a stem within and fixed relatively to said outstanding portion, and a husking hook formed by one end of the stem.

4. A corn husker including an eye having an integral outstanding portion, opposite sides of said portion being fixed relatively to the eye, a stem within and fixed relatively to said portion, and an out'standing husking hook formed by one end of the stem.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS I. LUDWIG.

Witnesses:

C. E. DOYLE, C. E. PREINKERT. 

